Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nu

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”).^[1]

Adverb

*nu

now

Derived terms

*nu-we^[2]
- Proto-Brythonic: *nʉ
  - Middle Welsh: nu

Related terms

*nowyos

Descendants

Old Irish: nu (archaic adverb), no- (dummy preverb for simple verbs)
Gaulish: nu (attested in the Lezoux plate)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 294
^ McCone, Kim (2006) The Origins and Development of the Insular Celtic Verbal Complex (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, →ISBN, page 272

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 294

[2] McCone, Kim (2006) The Origins and Development of the Insular Celtic Verbal Complex (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, →ISBN, page 272

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